Bertillon system

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Bertillon system

A system formerly used for identifying persons by means of a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and photographs. The Bertillon system was superseded by the more accurate procedure of fingerprinting.

[After Alphonse Bertillon.]

Bertillon system [ˈbɜːtɪˌlɒn (French) bɛrtijɔ̃]

(Historical Terms) a system formerly in use for identifying persons, esp criminals, by means of a detailed record of physical characteristics

[named after Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), French criminal investigator]

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Bertillon system - a system or procedure for identifying persons

procedure, process - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

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